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Lumber ls Smoll Pqrt Of Totql Deqler Sqles

The nation's "lumber" dealers only do aborrt one'third of their business in lumber. Even when you add plywood and millwork sales, the figure climbs to only 53.34 percent. The other 46.66 percent of sales are in every category from asphalt products to sporting equipment.

The figures were obtained in a recent survey by the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Assn. The survey covered the following 24 separate product lines.

The first figure represents the percentage of sales related to total volume. The figure in parentheses is the percentage of dealers selling each line: Lumber-all kinds: 37'71 QA.al); Plywry! - all kiirds: 9.59 (92.2\; AII other milhaork: 8.04 (88.8) ; WaIl' boards-all kinds: 6.?9 (90.7) ; Masonry supplies: 4.66 (75.6) ; Asphatt and asbestos prod,ucts: 4.65 (9I.9); Hard,ware, tools, gard,en equipment: 3.74 (69.5); Paint, glass anil uallpper: 3.02 (79.5) ; Metal windows, d'oors and lrames: 2.80 (72.4); Maior household, appliances: 2.26 (9.0)i All rnnmerchandise receipts: I.86 (30.f ) ; Insulation (batt, fill and roll) : 1.82 (86.0); Pre' fabricated, buitilings and parts: I.42 (2L.8); Hay, grain, feed, and, larm suppli.es: I.4l (4.1); Fuels-coal. wood, oil, LP gas: 1.28 (f9.5) ; Kitchen cabinets (wood and metal) : f .f4 (aS.I) ; Metal Roofing and, siding: .95 (61.0) ; Heating and, plumbing equiprnent: .U (26.9); Farm equipment: .63 (2.8) ; Kitchenwara a:nd- smq,ll appliances: .49 (f0.0) ; Floor cotterings, other than wood: ,42 (3?.f); Sporting and, recreational equipment: .06 (6.3) ; Furniture and sleep equiprnent: .0fi02 (LS). All other building materials/supplies : 4.50 (59'5)'

South Williqmette Lumber Sold

The controlling interest in South Willamette Lumber, Inc. of Eugene, Oregon has been acquired by Gerald C' Snellstrom and Ed F. Wade. Snellstrom is the former vice president of the lumber company bearing his name. Wade was his sales manager.

In making the announcement, George P. Hitchcock, secretarytreasurer stated that the company, formed in 1937, will not depart from its previously stated policy of dependable shipments of high quality merchandise.

John "Duke" Elder, formerly with Hirt & Wood Lumber Co. of Newport Beach, Calif. has joined the firm to handle daily man' agement. Hitchcock also said that he has retained an interest in the corporation and will continue to handle specialty accounts and maintain mill and customer contacts.

Moore Kilns Instqlled

Two single-track and one double-track lumber dry kilns-will be installed this fall by Spalding & Son, Inc. of Grants Pass, Oregon.

Moore Dry Kiln Company of Oregon will furnish the three complete lumber kilns in addition to the other equipment necrs' saryfor modernizing this company's existing kilns. Special prefab' ricated overhead duct outlet coils which provide complete coverage of all circulating air, will be included with the new kilns.

Other features of the new installations are automatic temper' ature and humidity recorder controllers, 7/' diameter l0'blade heavy construction, reversible disc fans, and aluminum ventilators. Heavv duty dry kiln trucks and I-Beam Bunks will also be put into operation "t tlii. southern Oregon lumber mill.

During modernizationo the kilns will be painted with Moore'Kiln paints especially compounded to prevent deterioration in kilns and related equipment.

Moulding Producers Convene

This coming year members of the Western Wood Moulding producers, Inc. will make standardization of moulding its "major progI.m. This was the decision at the second "rrrruJ meeting in San Francisco recently.

The 38 member firms, now producing in excess of Z0 percent of the moulding from the western area followed a strong recommendation of their secretary-manager, in taking this aet-ion.

In _his annual 'report, Warren C. Jimerson, s€cretary.manager, stated, "We should continue this in an attempt to standardizJ as pugh T po*sible and actively promote a program of standardization."

Jimerson said the first step should be to bring the Wp series :"hl"g up to date by including new patterns when necessary and by deleting patterns not regularly shipped. He also recommended "redesigning patterns where the design is such that it is contrary to good manufacturing practices."

Jimerson also reported the U.S. Department of Commerce has indicated its willingness to cooperato in working towards developing a new catalog into the commercial standards. He added that to further the program of standardization, the program should be carried into the hands of dealers. architects attd b,rild"...

Members heard reports of several committees, including a recommendation for grade changes to finished mouldings tllat are more in line with current practices and requirements of today's markets.

The promotion committee recommended that Pacific National Public Relations of Portland, Oregon, be retained for another year and "that we recogrize the fine job they have done fo, o.rr issociation in its critical formative period." PNPR also was commissioned to do a high quality product directory, listing the members and their products."

Featured speaker was Cleve Edgett, vice president in charge of promotions for the Western W'ood Products Association. Portland, He told about promotional plans for the new Western Wood Products group.

Persons in attendance received first copies of "Case 'n Base News," a monthly newsletter. In addition to news about members and the industry, the publication contains price trends, orders on hand, shipments and housing starts. The newsletter will go to all members and subscribers.

No change was made in membership dues, which is on the basis of 25 cents per thousand board feet produced. Wood mouldings represent a $100 million a year industry in the United States, of which more than two-thirds are produced in the Western states. Western \[ood Moulding Producers ship more than 4,800 railroad cars of finished mouldings annually.

Top officers of Western Wood Moulding Producers were reelected. Nelson C. Edens of Southwest Forest Industries, Phoenix, Arizonq was renamed president, and Gayle V. Morrison, Sunset Moulding Co., Yuba City, California, was reelected vice presidenttreasurer. Warren C. Jimerson was renamed secretary-manager.

Where lumber ls Used

The importance of building industry was demonstrated by ber last year.

and construction to the lumber the end-use consumption of lum-

According to MacKay-Shields Economics, Inc., building and construction is estimated to have accounted for almost three out of every four board feet of lumber consumed in 1963, a whopping 73 percent. Next in importance was boxes and crating """outtiin! for 12 percent of lumber consumption, followed by industrial uses, such as furniture, boats, handles, etc., for'10 percent. The railroa_ds and-exports accounted for 3 percent and 2 percent, respectiveln of the lumber consumed.

Woods Scoler Gets the Top

To Turlle Club Membership

i,' , W'allace Gobbi recently joined the very i exclusive Turtle Club-the hard way. Wally, a wood scaler for Union Lumber

Company of Fort Bragg, was struck a , glancing blow on the head bv a piece of dead madrone limb. The limb" 5" in diam- eter, 36" long, weighing l2r/2 pounds, fell 30 feet striking with an impact of 375 foot' pounds. The hat Wally was wearing suf' . fered a slight crease on the left side. He received no ill effects and ll'as back on the job the next day. Serious injury, which , could have occurred, was averted by proper use of head protection.

, The Turtle Club consists entirely of per' sons saved from death or serious injury throueh use of a hard hat. It is world'wide in scope with E. D. Bullard of Sausalito, as the international sponsor. The name is derived from one of the original users of hard shell protection-the lowly turtle. Eligibility for the club is determined by the membership committee after reviewing the information received. brF, The Union Lumber Company, a member of the California Lumbermen's Accident

Prevention Association, subscribes to safe practice in their extensive wood products operations. They were awarded the California Lumbermen's Accident Prevention Association C. R. Johnson Division Award for 1963 for operating with the lowest accident index in the Redwood Resion mem' bership.

Boiley, Boyless Nomed Sqles Chiefs ut Forresl Industries

Reoent appointments and promotions rnade by Forrest Industries,, Inc', of Dillard, Ore., have been announced by Ralph DeMoisy, general manager of the corporation.

was with Simpson Tirnber Co. for six years, holding the position of eastern area red' wood sales manager.

William K. Bayless has been appointed to the position of northwestern regional sales manager, working out of the Dillard office. Bayless has been with Forrest In' dustries two years, and was promoted from the position of assistant manager of the panel sales division. Prior to working for Forrest, Bayless was employed at the retail level of the building materials industry for 17 years.

Forrest Industries is one of the nation's leading manufacturers of particleboard flooring, siding and underlayment.

Lloyd L. Bailey has been recently appointed western regional sales manager of ih. fir-, with offices in Santa Clara, Calif. Before joining Forrest Industries, Bailey

Lumber Morking Quosh Urged

The National Association of Home Builders has moved to quash any efforts to revive the once-vetoed "lumber marking" legislation.

NAHB's Perry E. Willits has written Chairman Warren G. Magnuson of the Senate Commerce Committee that the home building industry remains opposed to such legislation.

Willits, as chairman of the NAHB Legislative Committee, noted published reports that supporters of the proposal to mark lumber with the country of origin are expected to seek amendments to a House- passed steel container marking bill which would apply also to lumber. o'Such an amendment would ,be . op. posed solidly by the home building indus. try and by other consumers of lumber."

"If so," Willits wrote, "we certainly urge your Committee to hold public hearings on tbe issues involved before considering such anamendment...

Willits noted tlat President Johnson ve. toed a bill last December which would have required oocountry of origin" labeling on imported articles, including lumber. In addition to raising new barriers to foreign trade, Mr. Johnson said in his veto message that the proposed legislation would

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"encourage new price increases in lumber and homebuilding at a time when we are trying to expand our housing opportuni. ties."

Mochine io Cube Sawdust Boqsts o Greol Pofentiol

A new machine which has had several year's use in agriculture is now being investigated by several forward looking forest products companies.

Called a o'cubing" machine, it was originally invented for rnaking large pellets or cubes approximately I1/+" square from dry alfalfa hay. With no essential change the same equipment can cube waste paper, dry bark, sawdust and shavings.

The Black Diamond Co. of Sacramento is preparing to test market a sawdust briquette for use in barbecuing. This bri quette is made entirely from dry white fir sawdust.

Tremendous impact pressure is utilized and the combination of heat and pressure will make cubes of even non-reginous saw. dust like white fir without any additives. After compression, densities of 30 to 38 lbs. per cubic foot are reached so that products which were very difficult to transport because of their low density now can be efficiently hauled.

In essence the machine consists of an exceptionally rugged two cylinder compressor driven by a 100 HP motor. The square pistons move in and out of the dies at 400 strokes per minute. The die converges slightly and has no head, so the product flows out slowly from the end. The pistons withdraw completely from the die during each stroke permitting a charge of the product to enter the space between the piston and the die. This charge is then driven into the die and compressed against the material already in the converging die section. Compared to existing hydraulic machines, rather high volumes can be handled as 21/z tons per hour of finished cubes can be easily attained and rates as high as 6 tons per hour are possible.

The pressures are so high that a large clod of heavy clay which mistakenly got into the machine produced a sort of sandstone which was insoluble in water.

The inventer, Don Vaughan of Woodland, California sold the patent rights to John Deere Company, and his company, Vaughan Manufacturing Co. is building the machines under rights from Deere. The Pillsbury Company s€t up a test machine in Woodand and ran tests for Black Diamond Co. of Sacramento, Sequoia For. est Products of Dinuba, Brooks Scanlon, Douglas Lumber Co. of Truckee and a number oI other firms.

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